http://www.kingfut.com/2013/02/22/el-abd-praises-hulls-egyptian-trio-dreaming-of-brazil-2014/ It's nowt exciting but I'm trying to both educate myself and others on him. Just seen on twitter that only he and a Spaniard named Lopez didn't report back to Brighton yesterday for pre-season. Looks a beast looking at him on google images.
"pretty useless with the ball at his feet" - should work a dream with jimmy "will be looking for the most money and the longest deal" - that's us out then
We have 'footballing' centre halves in Cranie and McNulty. We have a speed merchant centre half in Wisey. And we have the 'brains' of a centre half in Hassell. All we need is a nasty bugger and this fella fits the bill by all accounts. And I doubt Flicker would mention it in public if he thought he had no chance. I'd be pleased if he comes here. And think on - the Brighton lot are bigging Matthew Upson up, who is one of the most overrated centre halves I've ever seen. Daggers murdered him at Oakwell.
i really need to be convinced that jimmy is a footballing centre half. he scares the hell outta me when he tries to play football. personally, i think his belief in that is what exposed him massively under keith hill. his best performances for me were post-hill, when he concentrated on getting shut of the ball to someone who could play, instead of c.ocking about with it i'm looking forward to another wisey-style reformation this season
He did cut out a lot of the faffing under Flicker. But he 'can' play. It's just knowing when and where not to. And to be fair, Cranie did a lot of that last season, too.
